The El Clásico of the IPL is back: MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings (CKS) and Rohit Sharma’s Mumbai Indians (MI) will meet for the second time in this IPL 2023 season in match number 49 of the tournament. The two teams will collide at CSK’s fortress, the MA Chidambaram Stadium, also known as Chepauk, in Chennai.
This time the stakes for both the teams are even higher because the tournament enters its business end. CSK have 11 points in 10 matches and MI have 10 points in 9 matches. So the result of this match could go a long way in both the teams’ eventual position in the points table; a loss could hurt the chances of both finishing at 3rd and 4th spot.
As we talk about the CSK and MI encounter and the protagonists in both the teams, we have to discuss about the most successful IPL captain (in terms of trophies), Rohit Sharma, against arch-rivals CSK.
Rohit Sharma vs CSK Stats and records:
Rohit has played in 32 matches against CSK in the IPL, scoring 791 runs at an average of 27 and strike rate of 126. Rohit has hit 7 half-centuries against CSK, the most memorable of which is the one in the 2015 IPL Final at the Eden Gardens.
In the 2015 IPL final against MS Dhoni‘s team, Sharma whacked 50 runs off only 26 balls with the help of 6 fours and 2 sixes and was the Player of the Match as Mumbai Indians won their second IPL title. They have won 3 more after that.
With 5 IPL titles, all coming under Rohit’s captaincy, Mumbai Indians are the most succesful IPL franchise of the first 15 seasons, followed by MS Dhoni’s CSK who have 4 IPL trophies in their cabinet, though they have played in 2 fewer seasons than MI.
Rohit also has a decent record at the Chepauk as well: in Chennai, Rohit Sharma has scored 353 runs in 13 knocks at an average of 29 and strike rate of 125 with 2 half-centuries to his name.
